Death in Paradise (TV series)
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Crime drama Detective fiction |
| Created by | Robert Thorogood |
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| Composer(s) | Magnus Fiennes |
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| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 45 (list of episodes) |
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| Location(s) | Guadeloupe |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Red Planet Pictures Atlantique Production Kudos France Télévisions |
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| Original network | BBC One |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 25 October 2011 – present |
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| BBC Death in Paradise | |
Death in Paradise is a British-French crime comedy drama television series created by Robert Thorogood, initially starring Ben Miller and Sara Martins and later starring Kris Marshall and Joséphine Jobert. The programme is a joint UK and French production filmed on the Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom and France 2 in France. Death in Paradise has enjoyed high ratings, leading to repeated renewals. A sixth series has been commissioned and began broadcasting on Thursday 5 January 2017.
British detective Richard Poole (Ben Miller) is assigned to investigate a murder on the fictional paradise island of Saint Marie in the Caribbean. After he successfully finds the murderer, he is reluctantly required by his supervisors to stay on as the detective inspector (DI) of the island, solving new cases as they appear, and being the object of many fish-out-of-water jokes. At the start of Series 3, Poole is killed and maladroit London detective Humphrey Goodman (Kris Marshall) arrives to investigate the death of his strait-laced predecessor. He then stays in the job as chief investigator on the island. The British detectives work alongside the local Saint Marie police team to solve murders.
While Death in Paradise has continued to be in the top three most popular programmes on British television, critics have called the crime drama "unremarkable" and "...an undemanding detective show, with nice Caribbean scenery." The show is known for its formulaic approach to its plots. Each episode is roughly the same in both style and narrative structure. Each episode begins with a pre-credits sequence showing the events leading up to a murder, and often the discovery of the body afterwards; this sequence also serves to introduce that particular episode's guest characters. The police force of Saint Marie are subsequently informed of the murder, preliminary investigations and interviews take place to establish the suspects and photographs of the suspects and crime scene are placed on the whiteboard at police headquarters. Often towards the end, the lead DI will have a moment of realisation, perhaps brought on by something that someone says or does or by some occurrence. In this moment, the how, why, and who of the murder are comprehended by the DI, but are not revealed to the audience. The suspects are then all gathered together and the DI talks through the evidence; often, flashbacks are used to show what happened. The murderer and the motive are revealed in the denouement of the episode. Normally, each episode ends with a comedic scene or a celebratory trip by the police force to Catherine's bar. The final episode of most series has included a subplot wherein the lead DI is tempted to return to the UK by the prospect of a job offer or personal relationship, but in the end, they decide to remain on the island.
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